jimmy white

damage caused by hawk,,,,,how do you explain to a young lad that gifted you the bird,, this has happened ,,,,,,,,fuming >

this is mainly a thankyou to" Jackie" , Jackie is a gamekeepers wife , who tended, fed and watered one of young westies fav birds which was badly injured, this lady went to the bother of phoning me [a few times ,as she was worried the bird wouldn't survive] but off course being a gamekeepers wife ,new well how to tend to it , the bird was attacked by a hawk and flew straight against the window,,pics will follow,,[shocking pics] i released 20 birds at ,between stow and Galashiels , 13 home 3 injured [one had to be put down due to breaking both legs and a badly half eaten back, by a hawk,no way could i let this suffer,in the condition it was in [these birds had flown this every day for a week beating me home] Jackie was telling me of the trouble they have with hawks,with the young pheasants ,grouse etc , in fact one flew straight in her chicken coup and carried away a young chick, she was telling me also that her husband [gamekeeper ] cannot do a thing [AS DECENT LAW ABIDING CITIZENS], and has repeatedly tried to explain his case to the rspb, and to be honest has just had ridiculous answers from them,[as we have] if he does anything about the situation, he risks loosing his house [where he has a lovely young family] his job, and would then have a criminal record ,she added most of the hawks are ringed ,either released by the rspb or rung in the nest , i find this utterly shocking , that the rspb think more of their precious hawks, than of a beautifull ,decent hard working family [who are nature lovers themselves] in a nut shell THEY PUT HAWKS BEFORE HUMANS,,,THIS CANNOT BE RIGHT,UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES however i wish to thank jackie and family for so kindly tending to my pigeon in the kindest manner possible ,far kinder than the rspb who are killing off all the songbirds ,causing gamekeepers to become redundant [no grouse no work]and ending the pigeon sport by repeatedly letting these birds multiply to such an extent , that its effecting all,,,,,a great big thank you to jackie and family

early bred yb,s on natural darkness will body moult and hold flights ,,good for yb racing,,,,,but if you let the adult pairs sit more than 10 days on second round, they'll start throwing flights ,, no good for longer races [ok for w,hood sitting only 8days on second round]

cheers bart,,thanks

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not so daft a question ,, the art of pigeon racing becomes a very knowledgable thing ,, not one of us know the complete all, but there are many experienced fanciers willing to mentor younger or even older fanciers,, to my mind a young flier should have a good mentor that he can go back to when need be

i have had success in mating an inbred hen of one winning family, to an inbred cock of another winning family

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hi pp ,,the thread is now on the webmasters reporting thread for him to deal with the matter,, dont worry its not deleted, and may well appear again after webmaster checks it, in case it gets out of hand [this has been though complaints by members ]

hi trapper,,,good post,, the good thing about it is weve all winter to think about it,, we can allways change a pairing on paper , so nows the time to be thinking of it, i think most fanciers have different veiws , mostly i would say best to best , but theres inbreeding , line breeding , im sure lot of fanciers will give their veiws

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HAVE DELETED LESS THAN SAVOURY POSTS ,, AS A MODERATOR JIMMY WHITE ,,,,,,,.ABOUT ANOTHER TWO FORUM MEMBERS ,, ,, JUST CHECK BACK POSTS TO SEE WHOS THE WISEST ,, IM AFRAID BRUNO WINS HANDS DOWN ,FOR SENSE,AND SHEER EFFORT [JUST MAYBE THATS WHY HE WAS ASKED TO BE MODERATOR] SO, PLEASE CAN WE CARRY ON WITH BARTS POST???

a great guide to be going on with ,,

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would it not sound better if you both said ,,,",has there been anymore applications ????

no club phone nos,????, shall have to report through union

all sorted out ,, got pm ,, thanks in touch with owner

keenness to get home no 21 ;D

they should be able to pruduce over 500 rings and the letters from the gamekeepers , that picked them up,,,",after the rspb cleaned the site of rings, according to one of the gamekeepers letters ,,all addressed] , i gave them, along with the letters to the last secy.

sounds good ,, i remember when secy was andrew smilie 6 armadale rd whitburn ;D:) ;D 5 bob to join ;D bet its a good read ,,,,,,,,, i think it was 0ne hundred years ago, this year, that sharp bros newtongrange won the rennes race [ a piece of useless information ;D ;D ;D i was only a wee laddie then ;D ;D ;D]

that takes us to no, 20 now ;D ;D ;D

even nettles are good for them,, make nettle soup , just take the top few ins. of the nettles , boil it and add to the water [couple of tablespoons aded to their water ] ,, but really is it worth all this ,, they know what their picking at [ob,s that is] and they know when they need it

they say geraniums are bad for the birds rhubarb leaves etc, but youll see them all on the web[ive geraniums in my garden :-/],, herbs are a good thing ,pansies [viola ] etc again youll see them all on the web,,,,theres loads

iwas the same ,, have a wee cherry blossom in the middle of garden ,, more moss than lawn i just used ordinary selective weed and moss killer , but netted it ,, actually made a real mess to begin with [that was last year ] but beautifull this year